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Woman with a Cup of Sake, from the series Types of the Floating World Seen through a Physiognomist's Glass (Ukiyo jinsei tengankyô)


「浮世人精天眼鏡」 杯
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Moriya Jihei (Kinshindô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1830 (Bunsei 13/Tenpô 1)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 37.2 x 25.4 cm (14 5/8 x 10 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.15632
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Another print in the series: Izzard, Kunisada's World (12993), #60
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.15632, 34.470
Signed Gototei Kunisada ga
五渡亭国貞画
Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
改印:極
Inscriptions「三味線の糸の一二とひゞかする名は世にたかき古近江が作 需に応じて山東庵京山戯題」
ProvenanceBy 1911, purchased by William Sturgis Bigelow (b. 1850 - d. 1926), Boston [see note 1]; 1911, gift of Bigelow to the MFA. (Accession Date: August 3, 1911)

NOTES:
[1] Much of Bigelow's collection of Asian art was formed during his residence in Japan between 1882 and 1889, although he also made acquisitions in Europe and the United States. Bigelow deposited many of these objects at the MFA in 1890 before donating them to the Museum's collection at later dates.